Happy To Be Here

Summer Reads!

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When anyone at WBEZ needs book recommendations, they go to Greta Johnsen, the station’s resident bookworm.

So please enjoy Greta talking about some fantastic reads that you might want to pick up this summer.

Contemporary Romantic Fiction

  • Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

  • The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

    • Fantasy

    • Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

    Mystery/Thriller

    • Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

    Biography/Memoir

    • More Than Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth

    Historical Fiction

    • Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    • The Thomas Cromwell Trilogy by Hilary Mantel

      • Historical Non-Fiction

      When Women Ruled The World by Kara Cooney

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